Note on Green Growth for Bhutan

Bhutan has recently made significant progress in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. Bhutan also has valuable deposits of primary materials including dolomite, lime stone, gypsum, quartzite, stone, and marble, which are useful for fabr...

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Main Authors:	Narain, Urvashi, Toman, Michael, Jiang, Zhiyun
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOREST ACTION PLAN AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGROCHEMICALS AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT ALUMINUM ANIMAL ANIMAL PRODUCTS ATMOSPHERE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BAMBOO BASIC CONSERVATION BENEFIT SHARING BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION BIOGAS BIRD BIRDS BUS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON NEUTRAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON STORAGE CATCHMENT AREA CATTLE CHEMICALS CHICK CHICKEN CHICKENS CHICKS CLEAN AIR CLEAN ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO2 COAL COMBUSTION COMMERCIAL FARMING COMMON PROPERTY COMMUNITY FORESTRY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPOSTING COPPER CROP RESIDUES CULTURAL DIVERSITY DEBT DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DEPTH ASSESSMENT DESERTIFICATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIESEL DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER QUALITY DRIVING DROUGHT DRY SEASON DUST ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GOODS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS ECONOMIC RENTS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM EGGS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELEPHANT EMISSION EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION FARMS FATS FERTILIZERS FISH FISHERIES FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST CARBON FOREST CARBON SEQUESTRATION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST FIRE FOREST FIRES FOREST INVENTORIES FOREST LANDS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST POLICY FOREST PRODUCTIVITY FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST RESOURCES FOREST TYPE FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE GASES GHG GLASS BOTTLES GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GRASSLANDS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROSS EARNINGS HAZARDOUS WASTE HOUSEHOLD FUELS HYDROLOGY ILLEGAL LOGGING INCINERATION INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION LABOR FORCE LAKE LAKES LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LAND USES LANDFILL LANDFILLS LIVESTOCK LOGGING MANGANESE MARKET PRICES METALS METHANE MIGRATION MINERAL DEPOSITS MINERAL EXTRACTION MINES MOTOR VEHICLES MOUNTAIN RANGE NATIONAL ACCOUNTING NATIONAL FOREST POLICY NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL PARK NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NATURE CONSERVATION NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITRATES NITROGEN NUTRIENTS OIL OILS OPEN BURNING PARTICLES PARTICULATE PASTURE PASTURES PESTICIDES PET PLANT PLASTIC BAGS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POULTRY PP PRECIPITATION PRESENT VALUE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC GOOD QUALITY ASSESSMENT QUALITY STANDARDS RAIN RAINFALL REBATES RECYCLABLE MATERIALS RECYCLING RESERVE FORESTS RESERVES RESOURCE USE RIVER BASINS ROAD ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD SAFETY ROADS RURAL COMMUNITIES SEASONAL VARIABILITY SILICON SINK SMALL HYDROPOWER SMOKE SOIL DEGRADATION SPECIES STREAM FLOW SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE USE SUSTAINABLE USE TEMPERATURE TIMBER TIMBER FOREST TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS TIMBER INDUSTRIES TOTAL EMISSIONS TOURISM TOURISM INDUSTRY TOURISM MANAGEMENT TRADEOFFS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION TREES UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN CENTERS VEGETATION WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER POLLUTION WATERSHED WILD ANIMAL WILDLIFE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT WIND
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/20187642/note-green-growth-bhutan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20402

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Summary:	Bhutan has recently made significant progress in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. Bhutan also has valuable deposits of primary materials including dolomite, lime stone, gypsum, quartzite, stone, and marble, which are useful for fabrication of other materials. Thus, a significant part of Bhutan's current and prospective economic gains come from use of natural resources called, green sectors. The basic message in this note is that Bhutan starts from a solid base in terms of green growth, with additional opportunities for meeting its development goals and overcoming the above mentioned challenges on the basis of its natural resource endowment. However, realizing those opportunities and meeting those challenges will require focusing on the economic contribution from sustainable use of those natural resources, in addition to conservation of the environment. It will also require complementary measures, using the economic surplus (or as economists refer to it, rent) from sustainable natural resource use to help diversify economic activity and address institutional and other constraints. A more comprehensive view of green growth emphasizes sustainable use of natural capital, along with managing environmental risks cost-effectively and in an institutionally sound manner to limit risks to human health and of irreversible degradation of the natural environment. In this context, green growth needs to balance conservation with sustainable economic use of all resources to meet the needs of the present, and maintain opportunities for the future. The note touches upon issues of inclusion where possible but not in a systematic and comprehensive manner. The purpose of the note is to provide food for thought in ongoing discussion of growth strategies for Bhutan, and how green growth ideas may contribute to that discussion.

Note on Green Growth for Bhutan

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